{"id":591,"date":"2026-01-20T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=591"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:00:20","slug":"trump-says-world-not-safe-without-us-control-of-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=591","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says World Not Safe Without US Control of Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Washington \/ Brussels:<\/strong> US President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> said he no longer feels obligated to think \u201cpurely of peace\u201d after being passed over for the <strong>Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong>, adding that the <strong>world will not be safe unless the United States has complete control of Greenland<\/strong>, according to comments published on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks have further strained <strong>transatlantic relations<\/strong>, as European leaders closed ranks against Washington\u2019s push to take over the <strong>Danish autonomous territory<\/strong>, which the US president has vowed to acquire \u201cone way or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany and France condemned Trump\u2019s reported threats to impose <strong>new tariffs<\/strong> on countries opposing his Greenland plan, describing the move as <strong>\u201cblackmail.\u201d<\/strong> European leaders said the EU is preparing <strong>trade countermeasures<\/strong> in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>European Union<\/strong> announced an <strong>emergency summit on Thursday<\/strong>, stressing that while its priority is to \u201cengage, not escalate,\u201d it is ready to act if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Greenland rejects pressure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Greenland\u2019s Prime Minister <strong>Jens-Frederik Nielsen<\/strong> said the tariff threats would not alter the territory\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe will not be pressured,\u201d Nielsen wrote on Facebook, adding that Greenland \u201cis a democratic society with the right to make its own decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, however, doubled down in a message to <strong>Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re<\/strong>, stating that the world \u201cis not secure unless we have <strong>Complete and Total Control of Greenland<\/strong>.\u201d The message\u2019s authenticity was confirmed by Norway\u2019s government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump also dismissed peace as his primary obligation, citing his failure to win last year\u2019s Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cPeace will still be predominant,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>St\u00f8re responded by clarifying that the <strong>Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent committee<\/strong>, not the Norwegian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Security concerns and Arctic tensions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has repeatedly argued that Greenland is vital to <strong>US national security<\/strong>, claiming Denmark cannot protect the territory from <strong>Russia or China<\/strong>, despite existing US military presence and NATO security agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denmark\u2019s Defence Minister <strong>Troels Lund Poulsen<\/strong> said NATO allies have already increased <strong>military presence and training<\/strong> in the Arctic and North Atlantic. 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